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The musical, with a catchy, melodic pop score by Lord Lloyd Webber, had no book and little plot.
The costumes, by Katrina Lindsay, both celebrate and satirize 80s style, as does Duncan Sheik's somewhat rigid synth pop score.
You can easily envision the folksy pop score by Corey Leland (also the lyricist) being belted out by the Association or the Turtles.
The humor, alas, seems unintentional; the choreography remains rudimentary; and any remaining sense of mystery is further diminished by the Wayward Wind's drippy pop score.
But soon enough the bouncy pop score takes over again, and "Valentín" returns to its true business, tugging at well-worn heart strings.
"Hairspray" has a rambunctious pop score and a cast of 33, but Mr. Fierstein, playing an agoraphobic wife and mother, is without a doubt the marquee name.
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Except for a few outposts of rock, like Dreamgirls (1981) and Little Shop of Horrors (1982), audience tastes in the 1980s turned to megamusicals with pop scores, like Les Misérables (1985) and The Phantom of the Opera (1986).
"Pump Boys" poked genial fun at good ol' boys and gals through a country-pop score that won the hearts of audiences around the world.
Mr. Menken, who wrote the lustrous period-pop score for "Little Shop of Horrors" (with the lyricist Howard Ashman), is a skillful interpreter of the Philadelphia sound.
It's a love story (aren't they all?) but one told via a gentle indie-rock-pop score and extremely inventive dance sequences.
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